Word: paranoias
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...often ask how America can win the battle for Arab hearts and minds. It is time to recognize that in the current climate of hostility and paranoia towards the U.S., that is not the right battle to be fighting. We should be searching for ways to convince Iraqis and Arabs that democracy is in their own interest, not just in America’s interest. Only Iraqis and Arabs advocating genuine and organic forms of reform and democracy can prevail in that struggle; formulaic editorials and Pentagon storyboards can never replace authentic Arab voices. A program which casts doubt...
...forced to make a critical choice between his two lives. Rhys-Meyers (the heroin-chic soccer coach from “Bend it like Beckham”) adroitly portrays one of the most fascinating characters in recent cinema. Chris is at once despicable and admirable, gripped by paranoia as he faces the temptations of wealth and beauty. Rhys-Meyers skillfully contorts his gorgeous face to convey his character’s genuine admiration for his wife, uncontrollable sexual attraction for his mistress, and maniacal desperation to not lose the fortune he has gained. “Match Point?...
...beginning action. Near the film’s end Kauffman is sucked into a debate with his Israeli Secret Service handler (Geoffrey Rush). Kauffman argues that Israel’s retaliatory course will not achieve peace, only an endless cycle of bloodshed and recrimination. The mission has made paranoia, rage, and guilt permanent fixtures of Kauffman psyche, and he predicts a similar fate for his homeland if it makes vengeance state policy. In these last frames Spielberg makes the connection between Israel in September of 1972 and the United States in September of 2001 explicit: as Kauffman and his handler...
That kind of paranoia is one reason the U.S. troop presence, while an irritant to many Iraqis, may be the only thing preventing a slide into a sectarian bloodbath. The Bush Administration hopes that increased Sunni political participation will help defuse the insurgency. But elections have proved an insufficient antidote to the violence, and the U.S. and Iraq's new leaders have given sullen Sunnis few tangible reasons to support them. Because of security concerns, the State Department has only one envoy and one staff member from the U.S. Agency for International Development for the whole of Anbar province...
...waters. The Ray Beam and Lily storyline, for example, stretches credulity with its portrait of a decadent rocker, while Lily's character remains an enigma. Robinson does best with the two stories that are at the extremes of personal drama: one quiet and understated, the other of increasingly violent paranoia. Caprice, the cute, funny and loveable waitress with an unfortunate case of low self esteem that results in poor choices of lovers practically walks off the page she seems so real. Equally compelling, Steve the nut, a highly intelligent ego-maniac with deep "anger issues" ("I don't know...